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Salve Regina University Campus Presentations will be in O’Hare Academic Center, Lecture Hall 260, Number 7 on the campus map Banquet, June 4, 2013, is being held in Ochre Court, Number 1 on the campus map Dorm Rooms are in Founders Hall, 218 Ruggles Avenue, Number 42 on the campus map and Watts Sherman, 35 Shepard Avenue, Number 39 on the campus map Lunch will be provided at O’Hare Academic Center on June 3, 4, 5, 2013. The University’s Wakehurst Student Center, Number 15 on the campus map is available for meals. The hours are Breakfast 7:30am to 9:00am, Lunch 11:30am to 12:30pm, Dinner 5:30pm to 7:00pm. This is a cafeteria style facility. You will be responsible for payment of your meals at this facility. LEGEND 1. Ochre Court 2. Our Lady of Mercy Chapel & Spiritual Life Center 3. Marian Hall 4. Angelus Hall** 5. McAuley Hall** K AL LK W 6. Gatehouse WA FF FF LI CLI C 7. O’Hare Academic Center** 8. New Residence* 1 5 9. Miley Hall* The Breakers 4 10. 162 Webster Street* Ochre 11. Stonor Hall Court 3 12. Drexel Hall 13. Tobin Hall (Security Office) 14. Rodgers Recreation Center 15. Wakehurst** 6 • 16. McKillop Library** • 17. Munroe Center 7 2 18. Hunt/Reefe Halls* 11 9 19. Moore Hall* 8 20. McLean House 12 21. Ochre Lodge* Labyrinth 21 22. Nethercliffe* © 18 17 23. 87 Victoria Avenue 25 24. Graystone Cottages 13 16 25. Conley Hall 15 • • 26. Office of Facilities 19 27. Grounds Garage and Offices © • 28. Narragansett I* 26 14 22 C L 29. Narragansett Hall* 10 IF F 30. Narragansett II* • 24 W 27 23 A • L 31. 134 Webster Street* 29 K 32. Antone Academic Center 28 20 • 33. Reynolds Field 34. 26 Lawrence Avenue 41 32 34 35. Graduate Studies and Continuing Education** 31 30 36 36. 80 Victoria Avenue* 35 37. Carnlough Cottage* • 42 38. 74 Victoria Avenue* 33 39. William Watts Sherman House* • 38 40. President’s House 37 41. The Hedges* 42. Founders Hall* 43. Wallace Hall* • 43 39 44. 204 Ruggles* • 45. Stoneacre* 46. Fairlawn* 47. French Cottage 48. Young Building*/ 44 Pell Center** 46 40 * student residences ** classrooms and/or 45 faculty offices 47 48 Blue light emergency call boxes (freestanding • call boxes are located at the entrance to each student residence.) About Salve Regina University University Resources Academic Advising . 341-2906 Academic Affairs . 341-2320 Alumni/Parent Programs . 341-2346 Athletics/Intramurals . 341-2269 Bookstore . 341 2933 Business Office . 341-2900 Career Development . 341-2913 Financial Aid . 341-2901 Health Services . 341-2904 Information Technologies . 341-2403 International/Multicultural Salve Regina Programs . 341-2372 McKillop Library . 341-2330 Mercy Center for Spiritual Life . 341-2326 University Registrar . 341-2943 Residential Life . 341-2210 Campus Map Safety and Security . 341-2325 Student Affairs . 341-2145 University Gallery . 341-2254 University Relations . 341-2183 ounded by the Sisters of Mercy for Historic Preservation has described in 1947, Salve Regina is a private, as a “tour of the great architectural Fcoeducational university offering works of the Gilded Age,” the campus is a comprehensive and innovative liberal set on seven contiguous estates and fea - Quick facts arts education in the Catholic tradition tures 21 historic structures that have that fosters the development of each been sensitively adapted to meet • Charter granted in 1934 student’s distinct and individual talents. University needs while also preserving • Ochre Court gifted in 1947, institution opens its Accredited by the New England their status as treasures of the 19th and doors to 58 students • Salve Regina means "Hail, Holy Queen" Association of Schools and Colleges, the early 20th centuries. • Coeducational since 1973 Uni versity enrolls over 2,100 under - The ocean-side setting however, • Graduate programs since 1975 graduate and 500 graduate students offers more than a glimpse of the past. • University status achieved in 1991 from across the U.S. and around the Surrounded by rare trees, tide pools and • Over 40 undergraduate majors world. Salve Regina’s diverse range of museums, the campus provides access • More than 10 graduate and undergraduate academic programs is complemented to exceptional learning opportunities certificate programs • A diverse range of master's degree programs by community service initiatives, for students in many disciplines. • Ph.D. in humanities extracurricular activities, and a full Viewed as a “living laboratory,” Salve • Online extension studies athletics program featuring intramural, Regina’s campus is an extraordinary • Continuing education club, and varsity sports. enviro nment that enriches the City • Off-site locations at Blackstone Valley Visitor's Salve Regina University has one of of Newport and contributes to the Center in Pawtucket, Kent County Memorial the most unique campuses in the coun - artistic, cultural, economic, educational Hospital, Newport Hospital, and Women & try and encompasses more than 75 and historical vitality of the State of Infants Hospital acres. 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